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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by jtbayly on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:40AM (#24661156)
So Americans across this gigantic country should adopt the attitude that all cops are bastards?
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by marcus_holmes on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:50AM (#24661233)
That's a straw man argument.

I know the USA is a huge, diverse country with different problems in different areas. But it is a single country. And that single country is having a problem with police brutality against black people.

That doesn't mean all cops are bastards. It means some cops are racist bastards. And the whole of your gigantic country needs to accept that and do something about it.

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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by jtbayly on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:02AM (#24661311)
No it’s not a straw man. It’s literally the specific complaint I was initially responding to in GP.
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by marcus_holmes on Friday October 02, 2020 @08:43AM (#24661988)
Yes, but it's a straw man argument.
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by coldtea on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:50AM (#24661232)
If there are tons of shootings in all 50 states of "this gigantic country", to the score of 10x of that in another country, then perhaps...

Heck, in the US you're not even allowed to get out of your car when stopped by a cop lest you be shot. In Europe that's a total non issue...

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